Most Hated: GLA Vs MRD

[Holyomen]

forgot sentinel and war drum

Sentinel only increases defense.

[KumaAkuma]

I guess I have to reevaluate Disorient, but to me it seemed to give far lass hate

GLA wins on Batraal because many of his attacks are regular attacks and you are constantly required to move around dodging ghosts and lasers. This highlights the advantages of a shield and negates the advantages of steadfast.

Thought you only blocked from your front side?

[syntaxlies]

Sentinel only increases defense.

sentinal:
Thwart attacks to fluster your enemies, reducing damage dealt to you and slowing loss of enmity

[Holyomen]

sentinal:
Thwart attacks to fluster your enemies, reducing damage dealt to you and slowing loss of enmity

Slowing loss of enmity was taken out in 1.18
check it again http://ffxiv.yg.com/skill/sentinel?id=26703

[Rogue]

in the case of multiple mobs MRD wins handsdown... infact in this case i would say MRD is a requirement because it is close to impossible to keep reliable enmity on multiple mobs (3+) with gladiator (post 1.18)

the best example is probably mosshorn HNM, in which case it is ideal to have one gladiator tank mosshorn and a mrd tank his minions.. otherwise you will need a party full of gladiators.

on the subject of single targets- a good gladiator should never have a problem keeping hate, so in terms of damage mitigation a gladiator will always win

however, you could also say that if a MRD can keep more hate this will free up the archers and thams to really let loose, that is really micro-managing though.

to sum up, gladiator and mrd are both excellent tanks and anyone serious about tanking should rank both jobs and excell in all tanking situations.

[Xatsh]

Mar holds hate much much easier especially on multiple targets. Glad on most mobs negates much more dmg takes because of shield buffs, but it takes alot longer to build hate.

Which one is better purely depends on what you are doing and what you are fighting.